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3-15-11. What are Producers and Consumers?. 3-15-11 Bell Work:. Draw a picture of succession. Use your notes and page 268 in your Polar Bear book for help. Daily Review:. What is the difference between a shrub land and hardwood forest?. 3-14-11 Objective:.
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3-15-11 What are Producers and Consumers?
3-15-11 Bell Work: • Draw a picture of succession. • Use your notes and page 268 in your Polar Bear book for help.
Daily Review: • What is the difference between a shrub land and hardwood forest?
3-14-11 Objective: • I will identify producers and different feeding levels of consumers in an ecosystem. • HW: NONE
Vocabulary: • Producer-organism that makes it sown food • Consumer-organism that obtains food by eating other organisms • Herbivore-consumer that only eats plants • Carnivore-consumer that only eats animal • Omnivore-consumer that eats both plants and animals. • Scavenger-animal that only eats dead organism • Decomposer-o0rganism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms.
Examples of producers: flowers, trees, ferns, algae, phytoplankton, roses… • Examples of consumers: humans, lions, deer, rabbits, mice, dogs, cats, birds, etc… • Examples of carnivores: lions, eagles, hawks, cats, tigers, bats, sharks, etc… • Examples of omnivores: humans, ants, bears, dog, lizard, monkey, snails, etc… • Examples of scavengers: vultures, beetles, yellow jackets, crows, termites, coyote, hyenas, etc… • Examples of decomposer: fungi, worms, bacteria, mushrooms, etc…
Closure: • Draw a picture of a producer, then draw a picture of a carnivore.
Long Term Memory Review • What is respiration?